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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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